 Instead Francesco Algarotti endeavoured to publicise Lodoli's thinking in his own work "Saggio sopra l'architettura" (1757) albeit in a somewhat watered down form, emphasising imitation rather than Lodoli's daring anti-Baroque rationalism.It was Andrea Memmo who attempted to do justice to Lodoli's theories in his work "Elementi d'architettura lodoliana" (1786) published one year before the first edition of the only book bearing Lodoli's name, "Apologhi immaginati" (1787); a collection remarks and tales, often paradoxical in nature, told to his friends and pupils.Another pupil of Lodoli's, Francesco Milizia (1725–1798) published a long treatise, "Principles of Civic Architecture" (1781), which presented an exhaustive architectural system inspired by contemporary science.